Upgrading technology can often come with risk. While you might get some return on your investment, will you get it back fast enough to actually make that investment worth it in the end? How can your technology solve problems that your company experiences, and how do you acquire the capital necessary to make significant upgrades? If you dig too deep into the details, you might find that it is difficult to move forward with these major decisions, preventing you from leveraging these amazing benefits. Here are four signs that will give you an idea that it’s time to upgrade your technology.
Falling Productivity
Your first sign that your technology may be dwindling in its effectiveness is when it starts to impact your employees’ abilities to perform their roles effectively. If the technology is not allowing them to get the work done, then it is having a negative influence on your operations, and that’s not even mentioning the frustrations on your employees’ end. If productivity suffers, then it’s time to upgrade and improve this important metric.
The latest technology can bring with it several productivity benefits. With the right implementation, it can enhance productivity for each individual worker. The right technology can take pressure off staff by automating certain tasks that are problematic for your company’s profits. More often than not, your employees will feel the effects of older technology before it shows up as a blip in your profits.
Security Issues
The modern threat landscape is full of dangers, and hackers can take advantage of countless tools at their disposal to steal your business’ data. This is not going to change, and you should not expect it to. If anything, you should expect it to get worse during this time of remote work. These threats will do everything in their power to steal your data or cripple your business with ransomware and other problems.
If your company isn’t doing everything it can to protect itself from threats, then you’re asking for trouble, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Thanks to modern technology, security solutions are more powerful than ever, and just like other solutions, professionals are always working to improve and expand upon them. You cannot ignore security and be successful in business; you must update your systems and monitor them at all times.
Business Growth
The good news is that, after you address the problems that older technology can create for productivity and security, you get to experience growth for your company. You can now start to consider new ideas, and the possibilities presented by technology are quite literally limitless. A successful business can implement technology and continue to support it moving forward, further improving it so that it can continue to provide value for the investment.
While there are many reasons why you might wait to invest in new technology, we firmly believe that price should not be one of them. Nexela can use our managed service model to help you make the necessary upgrades and investments into your business. To learn more, reach out to us at (215) 525-3223.